I think they've amalgamated two events here. I think in the light novels, they turn up, Saori pretends to be Kaori, and they only work it out when she drops the glasses. After that the other cosplay because it's the only way she feels comfortable with them seeing the real her. Kirino is deliberately put in Maschera costume, and Kuroneko into Meruru costume, to embarrass them as they hate the others anime so much. With them feeling so embarrassed, Saori finally feels comfortable to be the real her.

In the second event, they bump into Kaori in a diner, and Saori refuses to introduce her friends. The whole point being that Saori wanted to create an otaku circle where people were actually friends (remember the way she made such an effort when kuroneko and kirino didn't fit into the original meeting?). I think in the light novels, the Pretty Garden is more a collective of talented people who tolerate each other, hence why it splits when Kaori is bored of her toys.

Huge irony alert.

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For those that don't know Kanata Kurusu is the creator of Maschera, Kuroneko's favourite show, and the character that she always cosplays as comes from it. The irony is that Kuroneko doesn't realise she's talking to the animes creator

I think they've amalgamated two events here. I think in the light novels, they turn up, Saori pretends to be Kaori, and they only work it out when she drops the glasses. After that the other cosplay because it's the only way she feels comfortable with them seeing the real her. Kirino is deliberately put in Maschera costume, and Kuroneko into Meruru costume, to embarrass them as they hate the others anime so much. With them feeling so embarrassed, Saori finally feels comfortable to be the real her.

In the second event, they bump into Kaori in a diner, and Saori refuses to introduce her friends. The whole point being that Saori wanted to create an otaku circle where people were actually friends (remember the way she made such an effort when kuroneko and kirino didn't fit into the original meeting?). I think in the light novels, the Pretty Garden is more a collective of talented people who tolerate each other, hence why it splits when Kaori is bored of her toys.

Huge irony alert.

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For those that don't know Kanata Kurusu is the creator of Maschera, Kuroneko's favourite show, and the character that she always cosplays as comes from it. The irony is that Kuroneko doesn't realise she's talking to the animes creator

For those that don't know Kanata Kurusu is the creator of Maschera, Kuroneko's favourite show, and the character that she always cosplays as comes from it. The irony is that Kuroneko doesn't realise she's talking to the animes creator

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I sorta got that vibe when Saori was thumbing through her works. I thought maybe she was just doing doujinshi for it at first but then I was pretty certain that first season Maschera had just finished up airing in Oreimo's first season so kinda hard to make fan art for something that probably didn't exist yet.

I hope she finds out eventually that will be a pretty hilarious scene.